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The Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on September 28, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 September 1971383,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 28, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
383,664 km238,397 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 27, 197117:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 4, 197112:20

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Tuesday, September 28, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1971 to the new moon of October 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.72 days.